Carnelian
@Carnelian@lemmy.world
- Comment on Electricity explained 17 hours ago:
The explanation makes a lot more sense if you already understand what is being explained
- Comment on this is wrong 21 hours ago:
It’s hard to believe Skyrim is already 19 years old
- Comment on RAMANUJAN SPECIAL 1 week ago:
Thank you! It is a privilege and a joy to have made such a remarkable improvement to your life!
- Comment on RAMANUJAN SPECIAL 1 week ago:
Sadly the sum of all natural numbers is not actually -1/12. It’s a divergent sum. You could call it infinity.
There’s a little parlor trick that maths teachers like to perform where they do algebraic manipulation on a simple formula, eventually cancelling out the variables and arriving at some absurd statement like 1=2. The game is for the students to figure out what went wrong.
The trick is always that at some point, snuck into the progression, you ended up dividing something by “(X-X)” before moving on, seemingly without violating any algebraic rules. Very astute students (or ones who were warned by students from earlier classes haha) will notice that right at that point in time, you are in fact attempting to divide by zero, which is not possible.
So reason you ended up with 1=2 is because you applied rules to something which they definitionally cannot apply to. At that point, the equation became undefined.
…the funny thing though, is you were able to just…continue. And get something to come out. Now, in this case, that thing was utter nonsense. An amusement for children to help teach them of various pitfalls they might fall into when playing with numbers.
But what if you were one of the most brilliant mathematicians who ever lived, and you were concerning yourself with questions such as,
“What would happen if I took [1 + 2 + 3 + 4…. ], and subtracted [1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5]”
Now, those are both divergent sums. So we could just call them both infinity. But the second infinity just kind of…feels smaller, doesn’t it? It feels like you should be able to just…perform some type of operation and get…something to come out.
It wouldn’t be “correct” to do so, but this is basically what Ramanujan did. Illegal math. With a nonsense output of negative -1/12.
The funny thing though is that this “nonsense output” is actually now a cornerstone of quantum mechanics. It turns out we subtract diverging infinites from each other literally all the time, even just by walking around, and that pesky little -1/12 trick has proven to be consistently useful. Astonishing.
He died a preventable death at 32. Imagine what the world might have looked like today if only he could have dreamed a little longer, asked more impossible questions, and broken more rules. Specifically he died after a bout of dysentery, in case anyone is confused why they’re reading all this in the shit posting community
- Comment on I am darkness incarnate 1 week ago:
As the other commenter said, biking is cardio. It has many overlapping benefits with heavy circles (resistance training), but they each have some unique benefits and they grant you those benefits through different biological mechanisms. So doing one or the other is very good, and doing both is extremely good.
American heart association has a very good breakdown of the benefits of cardio. They recommend 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity cardio (biking slower than 10mph/16kph) or 75min per week of intense cardio (faster than 10mph) to fully cash in on those benefits.
On a personal note: before “taking the plunge” with any form of exercise, most people experience the same form of “temporal sticker shock” that you’ve expressed concern with. The “need to reserve time” for it.
It’s very deceptive though, because the short time you invest into it actually gives back so much more time to your life. Like multiple extra hours per day, every day, where you feel refreshed, energetic, and capable of pursuing your passions fully. It’s extremely worth the time you spend upfront
- Comment on I am darkness incarnate 1 week ago:
Heavy circles proven to reduce osteoporosis, sarcopenia, likelihood of falling in old age, likelihood of getting injured if you fall, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and even depression. You can pretty much cash in all of these benefits in 2 hours per week flat
- Comment on Why do all night show hosts sit and have their desk to the left of the interviewee? 3 weeks ago:
Hey can we actually start spreading this around? I have this amazing mental image of some self proclaimed alpha male type trying to get on my right side to talk down to me but I just keep rotating in place so he ends up circling me like a little puppy
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Not vegan per se but I eat a block of tofu a day as well as another several servings of roasted edamame most days. Like 6-8 servings per day on average
- Comment on AI generated t-shirts... 4 weeks ago:
I hate when my stomach huarn surnog
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Yeah you’re probably right. I was just looking right above the highest point of the cat’s back where there’s a missing dot. In one image there’s four that form a square, in the other the bottom right dot is missing
Zooming in now tho it looks like the image with the darker cat is heavily compressed, so that particular dot probably just got lost in the process
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Different details on the back wall too. Very strange. Possibly at some point someone ran it through an AI filter to get it to look like their cat?
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 5 weeks ago:
So, two things,
which you can call AI if you want
This is from their official blog post, emphasis mine:
DLSS 5 is the GPT moment for graphics — blending hand-crafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a dramatic leap in visual realism while preserving the control artists need for creative expression
So, Nvidia themselves are the ones calling it AI
Second thing,
DLSS 5 is NOT replacing or altering the original graphical assets in the game with generated ones
I think they low key shot themselves in the foot with this particular comparison. The AI screenshot is actually from a frame (or however many frames) later in the scene. If you look closely you can see her mouth has actually opened slightly, and she appears to be in the process of rotating her head.
The end result is her lips are unquestionably larger in the AI image. Like if you bring the comparison slider directly to the middle, the bottom of her lip is lower while the top is higher. It has a pretty profound effect on the overall image.
Combine that with the hair highlights and makeup being so much more pronounced and the whole comparison is waaaay too similar to the “anti-feminism” filter thing that went viral in recent memory
- Comment on What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next? 5 weeks ago:
Well, my assumption is that someday soon, all the people of the world will take a step back and realize that the endless cycle of war is ultimately meaningless; that the cruelty and suffering can end, and we can finally step forward into an era of compassion for one another
- Comment on What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next? 5 weeks ago:
Hiii so basically they fired everyone in the administration who said “Iran will curb stomp the US for many reasons, so like, don’t start a war with them” and then decided to start a war with them
One of the many reasons is that Iran preeeeety much has unilateral control over this extremely interesting geographic feature called “The Straight of Hormuz” which has been one of the most important strategic chokepoints in the world for literally thousands of years. Right at the moment the big thing it’s choking is some crazy number like 20% of the entire oil and natural gas supply for the entire planet earth.
So naturally the first thing that is already happening is gas prices skyrocketing. Of note: the way they’re controlling the straight is with missiles. So we’re also seeing extreme amounts of environmental destruction from the tankers that have exploded
What’s gonna happen long term is anyone’s guess
- Comment on Ads used to be different 💔 1 month ago:
Oof, this is a little too intense. Could we get a version where a relatively thin red line is striking through the word “kill”?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Nah don’t apologize, your posts slap harder than his balls in my face
- Comment on Good question 1 month ago:
The first recorded ski jump was <10 meters in the early 1800s. 60 years later the sport began to grow more popular, and they could hit 20 meters.
The record has basically crawled up from there one or two meters at a time. We’re now at 254.5m, only 4 meters further than we were eleven years ago
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I go to hug my wife for comfort. She too is AI
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 2 months ago:
Which specific point do we disagree on? It seems you have acknowledged the necessity of new games, and even provided specific examples. So the matter is settled, yes?
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 2 months ago:
I’m not saying we don’t need the odd new DeltaRune or Blue Prince
Okay great, so you agree with me 100%, thank you for clarifying.
Regarding “New Title” addicts who consider anything released more than one day ago to be valueless, I agree that that is nonsensical. I’m confused about why you’re bringing it to my attention, however
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 2 months ago:
Of course it does. Art is the medium through which we process and communicate our most complicated emotions. As the world continues to change, more and more art will have the power to affect us positively
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 2 months ago:
I’m grossed/weirded out by yet another micro transaction riddled “live service” masquerading as an indie passion project. They even did a disgusting little media tour citing how they want their particular web of sub-nested premium currencies to be particular ethical, and not charge more $20 for their awful cosmetics.
The world needs more good games. The world does not need more soulless cash grabs
- Comment on smart 3 months ago:
Yeah solving it without following any method probably actually requires you to be a genius or something lol
I love the established speedcubing strategies tho, it basically changes it from being a puzzle you’re trying to solve into being similar to a rogue-like video game where you get a new “map” each time. Totally different skillset but also super rewarding in its own way
- Comment on the year of the linux desktop 3 months ago:
Presumably caused by people browsing on their blow-off-some-steam deck
- Comment on Metal Exclusionary Radical Astronomy 3 months ago:
Oh the self proclaimed ambassador for the field of biology is back at it again, what a surprise. Has he revealed yet that his smoking gun ‘study’ that defines sex and ‘represents literally all of biology’ is actually just a rant from a discredited nut job podcaster who has dozens of posts whining about how he’s been totally ostracized by all other biologists?
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 months ago:
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- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 months ago:
wow thanks for advising me to pick better battles, yes I’ll check my corner upon gender before selecting my next opponent
Make sure to drink some water before you go to bed tonight, okay?
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 months ago:
You drunk or something guy? After two days of being online constantly you decide to finally dig this back up to make some “I’m so over it” announcement and insult me for two paragraphs?
What exactly do you want out of this interaction, me to say “wow thanks for not blocking me, yes I totally believe you when you say you are mature and unaffected one”?
And since you asked so politely, no, I’m not a man. Nice guess though, want to try again?
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 months ago:
I’m sorry, you literally openly praised Scam Altman’s product as a massively superior option to web searching yes? Highly nuanced, saves you a ton of time, remember? And your response to the most obvious flaw with this use case is to deny you are affected by the problem in any way and to deflect the topic onto my attitude?
You genuinely remind me of my late uncle who snapped at us every time we told him to quit smoking. He was so convinced it wouldn’t catch up to him, had a hundred justifications. I’ll never forget the way his young daughter cried at the funeral. And before you and your “AI enhanced workflow” get into a whole thing about how cigarettes are different from computer programs, I’m not calling ChatGPT a Marlborough Red, I’m calling you bull headed. I could have just said as much, but as you’ve noticed, I like my fluff.
Anyway, I love how on the one point you addressed, your actual argument shifts from “it’s incredibly beneficial” to “it’s merely an insignificant fraction of my workflow!” Like, notice how your literal first instinct isn’t to defend the usefulness of chatgpt in this instance but to defend the integrity of your French by assuring me you are using legitimate sources as well.
This is the same pattern all AI victims I’ve spoken with have fallen into. It begins with “oh it saves me so much time it’s so useful!” Then as we interrogate how it’s useful to them it turns out all it does is waste their time with a bunch of bullshit they need to verify when they could have just gone directly to the source they use to verify in the first place.
That is if they even bother to verify, btw. But I honestly don’t know which direction is worse. A huge issue is the ones who “verify” are then always completely convinced that they have verified everything correctly. You can imagine the dangers of this mentality
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 months ago:
Okay so this time it’s “I like to fuck around with irrelevant sports statistics and I’m really excited to eventually humiliate myself the first time I try my French with a native speaker”
Listen. Thanks for sharing. I genuinely mean that btw I’m aware I’m being abrasive but you’re putting out your perspective in good faith and I appreciate that. That being said I obviously strongly disagree with any of what you’ve listed being a “benefit”, and I especially caution you against considering SlopGPT to be a “nuanced” source of information for your search queries.
There is a difference between believing you have benefitted and actually benefitting. It’s astonishing to me that you would be concerned about the capitalists yet trust them so adamantly in this moment to manage your very relationship with information. Regardless, I hope you have a happy and safe new year. Cheers